Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 320 Obsession

"Lai De, you are so smart. Thanks to you, I was able to escape danger this time." Ji Annie lay on the windowsill with a smile.

Lai De scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "My lady, just don't blame me for dirtying the sheets."

"I don't blame you. Of course I don't blame you. I can't thank you enough. It doesn't matter if it's a little dirty, as long as it's dried. Now, help me pass the quilt in, or it will be terrible if Concubine An finds out."

Having said that, Ji Anni leaned over and looked towards the window of Concubine An next door.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have already closed the window next door. They won't be able to find out." Lai De said as he stuffed the sheet into Ji Annie's arms through the window.

Ji Anni took it, brushed off the dust and grass clippings, and said, "That's good. You really make me feel at ease."

Although Lai De looks silly and dull, he is actually very careful. If he could get a chance to get promoted and make money, he might have done something remarkable. It seems a pity for him to just be a small guard.

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After searching for most of the day, it was almost time for the shift change, but Lai De still couldn't find the poisonous snake.

He went to report to Concubine An, covered in grass debris, but instead of being forgiven, he was scolded. Concubine An's voice was even heard clearly by Ji Anni next door. Well, it's not Lai De's fault that he couldn't find the poisonous snake. Snakes like shade by nature and hide wherever there is no light. It's hard to find it, not to mention that the poisonous snake had been buried in the soil by Ji Anni a long time ago.

Concubine An scolded for a long time, and only let Lai De leave when she was exhausted.

Lai De retreated from Concubine An's room in a dejected manner. When he passed by Ji Anni's door, Ji Anni pushed the door open a little and asked softly, "Lai De, will you come tomorrow?" Ji Anni was a little reluctant to let Lai De go.

The guards guarding Taoyuan were changed every day, three times a day. Ji Anni had only seen the guards guarding the gate once before, and never saw them again. In fact, Ji Anni knew in her heart that after today, Lai De would not come to Taoyuan.

"Your Majesty, is there anything you want me to do?" Lai De thought that Ji Anni had a task to give him.

"No, I was just asking..." Ji Anni drooped her eyelashes in disappointment.

"My lady, please close the windows and doors when you go to bed tonight, otherwise it will be troublesome if a snake crawls in."

"Okay, I know."

"My queen, your room has not been fumigated yet. How about I do it for you?" Lai De remembered that there were still a few packets of unused snake-repellent incense placed by the door.

"Okay, then come in." Ji Anni opened the door.

Before this, she had already dried all the sheets and bedspreads, so she was not afraid to open the door and see people.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." Lai De said and went to find an incense burner.

This incense cage looks a bit like a lantern, but it is filled with incense instead of candlelight. Lai De fumigated every corner of the room with incense, and then placed a small incense burner on the desk and inserted a stick of incense into it.

Lai De said as he worked, "It's really strange. There were clearly no snakes in the palace before, so why are there so many now?"

"Are there a lot of snakes in the palace now?" Ji Anni asked curiously.

Lai De said, "My Lady, have you forgotten that Lady Bao was bitten to death by a poisonous snake?"

After hearing this, Ji Anni's chest suddenly tightened. That's right, Concubine Baogui was bitten to death by a poisonous snake. Why did a poisonous snake get into Concubine Baogui's cell? Was this a coincidence, or was someone deliberately murdering her?

"Your Majesty, don't blame me for being nosy. It is said that the poisonous snake that bit Empress Bao to death had two pairs of fangs, so there are four tooth holes on Empress Bao's hand. A snake with two pairs of fangs is twice as venomous as an ordinary snake. How come Empress Bao happened to encounter such a rare venomous snake?" Lai De spoke out all his doubts as if he was talking to himself.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Ji Anni suddenly had a guess.

Could the poisonous snake that bit Empress Bao to death be the same one that was bitten to death by Prince Ming yesterday?

"Empress, what's wrong with you?" Lai De asked worriedly when he saw Ji Anni's pale face.

"No, there isn't..." Ji Anni shook her head and subconsciously went to the window. She had buried the skeleton of the poisonous snake outside the window. As long as she dug out the snake head to see if there were two pairs of fangs, the truth would be revealed.

The incense fumigation process took only a quarter of an hour. After it was completed, the guards who came to relieve the shift had already arrived outside the garden.

After watching Lai De leave, Ji Anni sat on the edge of the bed anxiously.

Several times, she rushed to the window but did not have the courage to climb out and dig out the snake's corpse.

At this critical moment, I suddenly became afraid. I had the courage to guess that Bao Niangniang was killed by someone, but I didn't have the courage to confirm my thoughts, because I was afraid that after knowing the truth, I would not be able to control my inner sadness and impulse.

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At the same time, in Zhuxiaju, the Imperial Hospital, Princess Tianning was feeding medicine to Kang Xiaorong.

Kang Xiaorong's injuries had mostly recovered and he could walk, but he was reluctant to leave his sickbed because he was afraid that once he recovered, he would have to marry Princess Tianning. Sometimes, he even hoped that he could stay sick forever, because as long as he stayed in bed, the Queen Mother would not force him to marry Princess Tianning.

Looking at the medicine that Princess Tianning fed to his mouth, he couldn't open his mouth.

In the past few days, Princess Tianning came to visit him every day, changing and feeding him medicine. Princess Tianning seemed to have changed into a different person, no longer noisy as before, but became very quiet. Perhaps it was because Princess Tianning knew that no matter what she said, she could not change Kang Xiaorong's heart, so she said nothing, but just followed her wish that Kang Xiaorong would recover soon and took care of him.

"Brother Xiaorong, even if you hate me, drink the medicine..." Princess Tianning's hand holding the medicine spoon was shaking slightly because it had been lifted for too long. A few drops of medicine fell on Kang Xiaorong's chest. Princess Tianning quickly put down the medicine bowl and helped Kang Xiaorong wipe it.

Kang Xiaorong suddenly held her hand and said, "Tianning, why are you doing this?"

He admitted that he was very moved by what Princess Tianning had done in the past few days, but being moved did not equal love. The more Princess Tianning acted like this, the deeper his sense of guilt became. If this continued, he would become more and more disgusted with himself.

"I just hope you can get better soon. I don't want to see you like this..."

She liked to see Kang Xiaorong sitting on his horse in all his glory, wielding a long sword and drawing a bow to the full moon, rather than his current frail and haggard appearance. Moreover, she felt even more sad when she thought that it was she who had caused Kang Xiaorong to suffer serious injuries both physically and mentally.

"Brother Xiaorong, our relationship has been decided and there will be no changes. Even if you refuse the marriage proposal now, it's too late." Princess Tianning smiled with a hint of self-mockery. No matter what the final result is, she has decided to go ahead.

"I said I wouldn't refuse a marriage proposal." Kang Xiaorong sighed softly. After thinking about it for a few days, he had calmed down.

He was not afraid of marrying Princess Tianning, but he was afraid that Princess Tianning would remain immersed in a dream and refuse to wake up.

"Tian Ning, I'm telling you the truth..." Kang Xiaorong thought for a few days and finally decided that he should tell Princess Tian Ning everything. "I married you not because I love you, but because I love Hua Rong. If I don't marry you, she might encounter unexpected danger. I don't want to see her get hurt, so I agreed to marry you with the Queen Mother. Do you know?"

Kang Xiaorong's call went without any pause, and was so smooth as if he had practiced it countless times.

"I know." Princess Tianning lowered her head and bit her lip fiercely. "I know the two things that my mother gave you, and I know that you agreed to our marriage out of necessity, but... I still believe that this is our fate... When I decided to give up on you, you protected me with your life and changed my mother's prejudice against you..."

Princess Tianning had heard about the wine jar and the heartless sword a long time ago, but she remained silent and pretended to know nothing.

"Just because I protected you, you have to marry me? Protecting you is my duty, and it is only natural for me to protect you. I never thought that fulfilling my duty would bring myself such a favor." Kang Xiaorong smiled bitterly.

"I only know that, under the circumstances at that time, not everyone could protect me like you did." Princess Tianning showed a stubborn look and stared at Kang Xiaorong obsessively.

Kang Xiaorong shook his head and said, "So you think I will fall in love with you? I said, it's just my duty..."

"If you were given another chance to choose, would you still save me?"

"It is my duty to save you..."

"If you weren't the Imperial Palace Captain, you wouldn't have saved me?"

"I..." Faced with Princess Tianning's relentless pursuit, Kang Xiaorong was somewhat speechless. Even if he was not a captain and Princess Tianning was not Princess Tianning, he would not watch Princess Tianning freeze to death by the river without helping her.

Princess Tianning won the victory. A faint smile appeared on her lips. She said firmly: "You still can do it. I know you still can do it. I just like you like this. I didn't choose the wrong person."

"But I can't give you the happiness you want." Kang Xiaorong didn't understand why Princess Tianning insisted on marrying someone who didn't love her.

"There is only one person in the world who can bring me happiness, and that's you. So you are also the only one in the world who can take away my happiness. I have given my fate to you. You don't have to be afraid that you will hurt me, because you are qualified enough to hurt me. If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago. Even if one day in the future, you want to kill me, I will never spare my life."

"Princess... I don't want your life, I just want you to not love me, okay?" Kang Xiaorong hugged his head tightly.